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'American Gods' News, Update: Author Neil Gaiman to Write Some Episodes of Starz Adapted Series

Fans are already excited for the arrival of the TV adaptation of Neil Gaiman's ciritically-acclaimed novel, "American Gods," on Starz. What has been thought to be an "unfilmable story" was given a straight-to-series order by the cable network with its premiere date yet to be announced.

To further intensify the hype, the book author himself will be penning a few episodes of the upcoming series.

"Hannibal" executive producer Bryan Fuller told Collider that "we are cranking away" at scripts for the first two episodes of "Gods." He added that "Neil Gaiman is going to be writing episodes of the show."

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The 54-year-old English author has written episodes for television including "Bablylon 5" and popular science-fiction series from BBC "Doctor Who."

The writer himself confirmed his involvement in the series when asked by a fan over at Twitter.

"No, it's Bryan fuller and michael green. But I will write some, down the line," he replied to a fan.

A synopsis for "American Gods" was previously posted up on Collider.

"The plot posits a war brewing between old and new gods: the traditional gods of biblical and mythological roots from around the world steadily losing believers to an upstart pantheon of gods reflecting society's modern love of money, technology, media, celebrity and drugs. Its protagonist, Shadow Moon, is an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to Mr. Wednesday, a conman but in reality one of the older gods, on a cross-country mission to gather his forces in preparation to battle the new deities."

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